K.C. Ligon's Blog

In one week: Yes We Can

The voices of our better angels:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsV2O4fCgjk

Why he's winning

As Andrew Sullivan says, this is why:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9OhVMHIuO4

John Cleese: "the 'Parrot' Speaks Beautifully"

Cleese says of McCain-Palin, "Monty Python could have written this":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMyNk8J1c8g

Obama: Economic Crisis Speech 10-13-08 Toledo, Ohio

What we need to hear, and what we need to do:

http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2008/10/obama_oct_13_2008_economic_cri.html

The Choice 2008

This FRONTLINE documentary looks like must-see TV, and they hear Cohen's Democracy the way I do:

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/choice2008/

Who is Barack Obama?

A perceptive behind-the-scenes look:

http://my.barackobama.com/page/content/4days

Barry Levinson: Don't Start Shooting without a Script

The genius who gave us Wag the Dog weighs in on the McCain campaign:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/barry-levinson/hollywood-memo-to-mccain_b_133426.html

Letter to the NY Times and other national newspapers

To Whom It May Concern: I'm writing you to express intense disapproval of John McCain and Sarah Palin's recent smears of Barack Obama. Not only does this attack now form the core of their campaign for the Presidency, it is character assassination that is incendiary, and is reminiscent of attacks that led to the actual assassination of Rabin. Please do not support this action of the McCain-Palin campaign. Sincerely. K.C. Ligon

Open letter to Barack Obama

Barack sent me an email this morning (many others too), and I wanted to share my responses to him with you:

He writes:

Subject: What did you think?

KC --

I thought the differences between John McCain and me were pretty clear tonight.

Absolutely clear to me. Whatever the causes or the reasons for the causes for his behavior last night, he seemed angry, self-absorbed, oddly disoriented, fatally out of touch with actual issues, flailing about in a search for rhetoric to win people over yet engaging in empty gestures that did not truly connect with the voters in the room. 

That the McCains left immediately following the debate and that you and Michelle stayed to meet and speak with audience members said it all for me.  It was the 'answer' to the last question, "what don't you know, and how will you learn it?" for that would be, it seems to me, a) what the people are really thinking, and b) you learn that when you speak with them.

I will fight for the middle class every day, and -- once again -- Senator McCain didn't mention the middle class a single time during the debate.

I think you will. He doesn't think of us in any real sense. He's a rich man from a rich family, it turns out.

If you agree that we need to cut taxes for 95% of working families, reduce health care costs, and end the war in Iraq responsibly, then I need your help right now.

It's yours, because I do believe in all of the above.

And if you heard John McCain push more of the same discredited policies, including tax cuts for the wealthy and giant corporations, tax increases on health care, and continuing to spend $10 billion a month in Iraq, then now is the time to act.

I agree.

Four weeks from tonight, we'll know which of us will be the next president.

I am pretty sure I know now--you are. 

The time to make a difference in this election is running out -- please make a donation of $5 or more right now.

I have, and very pleased to do it.

https://donate.barackobama.com/townhall

Thank you,

Barack

Thank you, Barack, and God Bless the United States of America.

Knowledge is Power

Please take a moment to review the full video, for a stunning reminder of the choice before us:

http://www.keatingeconomics.com/index.html#home